Archive for Community Events
The International School Japanese Movie Night: Ponyo
The International School is hosting a movie night featuring the animated Japanese fim “Ponyo.” The film will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles. For all ages of Japanese learners (children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult).
Spring Kura blessing at SakéOne
Please join us at your local sakéry, SakéOne, for the annual blessing of the saké brewery, presided over by Reverend Koichi Barrish of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine in Granite Falls, WA.
Portland Taiko performance
For a limited time, Portland Taiko is offering a JETAA discount on tickets to its spring concert, The Way Back Home. The Way Back Home is the local debut of our touring program, which we have performed to audiences across the country, and now you can save almost $8 off the Ticketmaster price. For JETAA members and friends, tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for children, students, and seniors. The deadline to buy these special tickets is Thursday, March 11th!
Japan Festival, Wilsonville
Please join Wood Middle School students for their Japan Festival Thursday, March 11th, at 6 p.m. in Wilsonville.
Mansfield Fellowship in Japan
Federal employees with a strong career interest in issues of importance to the U.S.-Japan relationship now have the opportunity to apply for a Mike Mansfield Fellowship.
On Paper Wings, a film by Ilana Sol
Presented by JETAA Portland, The International School, and the Yuuyake Shimbun
In 1945, a Japanese balloon bomb in Bly, Oregon claimed the lives of the only people killed on the continental U.S. as a result of enemy action during WWII.
International School winter events
TIS OPEN HOUSE
Parents are invited to a preschool and kindergarten open house of the Chinese, Spanish and Japanese true immersion program at The International School. The International School is Pre-K through 5th grade and accepts new students without any second language experience into preschool and kindergarten. The school was founded in 1990 and is an International Baccalaureate candidate school.
Tuesday February 23, 2010
Tours start at 6, 6:30 and 7pm
Meet teachers for 3-year-olds at 0122 SW Arthur Street, Portland 97201
Tour classes for 4-year-olds through 5th grade down the street at 2305
SW Water Avenue, Portland 97201
More information at www.intlschool.org, 503-226-2496
Mochitsuki 2010
JETAA Portland will host a booth at the 2010 Mochitsuki and we’re going to need help with our fishing game and sharing information about the JET program. If you are interested in volunteering or purchasing tickets for the event, please contact Amanda Gray or Stephanie Smith at cultural@jetaaportland.com.
Sake tasting and snacks, Jan. 17
Think the New Years festivities are done and gone? Not in Japan! Join The Woods, a great new club in SE, for its Japanese new year’s party, celebrating the beginning of a new year with friends, co-workers, or anyone who enjoys a good night of spirited drinking.
J-Kaiwa January 2010
WHEN: Friday, January 8th, 7-9+ p.m.
WHERE: Hawthorne Lucky Lab (915 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
NIJIKAI: 10:00 pm – ?? at Hollywood Bowl (4030NE Halsey St)
Let’s start 2010 off right with a big crowd at J-Kaiwa! Come on down and make some new friends–in Japanese. Whether you are pera pera or your Nihongo knowledge is sukoshi dake, all are welcome.
